Clinical Significance and Utility of Early Postoperative Computed Tomography Scan Head after Brain Surgery: A Prospective Study
Early postoperative CT scans provide minimal benefit in extubated patients with no neurological deficit or expected deficits. Routine use of early CT scans does not significantly alter management and should be reserved for cases with clinical deterioration or unreliable neurological examination.
Authors
- Kamlesh Singh Bhaisora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4945-1331)
- Anant Mehrotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5229-0770)
- Shreyash Rai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-4280)
- Ved Prakash Maurya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-1176)
- Kuntal Kanti Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5863-0297)
- Pawan Kumar Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-6198)
- Soumen Kanjilal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0377-2340)
- Arun Kumar Srivastava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4086-210X)
- Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6393-2177)
- Ashutosh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1699-2951)
- Abhishek Shukla
- Deep Gala
Institutions
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003705
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00